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Old 07-02-2016, 03:38 PM   #229
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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois View Post
Yeah maybe. Or maybe they should have just traded colborne. My gripe is more with losing him for nothing than losing him in general.

The flames cap crunch and colborne's arbitration rights aren't surprises. To have a 'woops, we have to let him walk' moment is a bit weak from flames management. they should never have been in this position.

And they're still in it. That might bug me more.
You don't think Treliving tried to trade him? I'm betting no one was interested in trading an asset for him because his season looked like an aberration and there was arbitration clouding the waters. Too risky.
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